Choose one of the following prompts and write at least 15 sentences about it:
- If you didn't write about your impressions of the performance of Much Ado About Nothing, write about that.
- Even if you wrote about your Art History topic last week, write about what you are learning about your stylistic period. Share something interesting and add a picture to your post.
As always, be creative, entertaining, original, and so brilliant as to be dazzling.
Madison Ferris
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My group is researching the Italian Renaissance. It's actually very interesting, and we've already learned a lot. Renaissance of course, means a rebirth. The Italian Renaissance period had artists/ composers etc. going back to Greek/ Roman styles from the past. The Italian Renaissance was a lot different than all other past art styles. Art was focused on personal relationships and it was individualistic. We learned about painters such as Raphael, Titian and several more. They were among the names of some of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance. I've also learned that Florence and Venice were the big areas were the Renaissance took place. That's where a lot of the artists came from and lived. We also learned that Madonna was a common recurring part of a ton of Renaissance painters paintings. Another important person was Venus, who was featured in several paintings. The Italian Renaissance arts were greatly influenced by religion too, the Catholic religion. A lot of the art featured Jesus, Mary etc., all the biblical characters. We are learning a lot, and I am excited to learn even more! It's a very interesting period!
Jessica Bruce
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My art history period is Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood. It started when teachers from the Royal Academy banded together to oppose the conventional styles of art that the academy was teaching during this time period. These artists broke about every rule that students were taught in art. Students were taught to have a large light source in one area and then another area in shadow. The PRB chose to make their paintings with even lighting. They also paid very close attention to detail even in the foreground of the painting where little things are usually out of focus. What I find so interesting is that this group created gorgeous paintings even though they broke all of the conventional rules of art.
the PRB also utilized a lot of symbolism in their paintings. The symbolism helped to soften the extreme detail in their paintings. The PRB used this symbolism to influence the people of their day.
The Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood era was not only found in paintings. There was also poetry and statues made in this era. All of these shared the common characteristics of PRB art, they paid close attention to detail as well as a lot of symbolism.
Danielle Knapik
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My group has Classical Greek Art as our topic. Classical Greek Art is one of the oldest types of art and because of that has inspired many cultural arts around the world. This specific art category is divided into 6 different art periods depending on the time frame. Our group has split the sections between the 3 members and one of my categories is the Archaic period. The Archaic period took place between 1050 to 700 BC. The style was more naturalistic and reflected culture and influence from the East and Egypt. In this period, many new art ideas were introduced such as using motifs and creating new forms of art. The new use of motifs lead this period into learning how to "portray their own myths and customs." So far in my project, I think this period has been the most interesting for me to study. The changes and revolutions in this period make it fun to learn about and more entertaining than standard unchanging periods.
Andrew Park
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My group is studying Romanticism. In other words, it's basically Anti-Enlightenment. Enlightenment is seen through reasoning and logic. However, Romanticists argue that it's possible for creativity and originality to triumph over logic. Enlightenment believes that humans must live under control and order from the high class. Romanticists rejected the idea of the class system. The Enlightenment world under a class system limited freedom. Romanticists argued that humans in society must be granted their freedom of destiny and adventure. In a Romantic society, freedom is unlimited. In a Romantic society, romanticists don't look back to history in the past. They want to look to the future to create a better and an equal society for everyone. The purpose of Romanticism is to show the world that everyone in the world shall be able to reveal themselves to society. Romanticism also grants equality among the people. They also portray a meaning that the beauty of nature is strongly affected by individualism and how the society functions from it. In romantic art, their key components creativity, strong emotions, and passions. Romantics have strong love for the nature and its beauty. They like to use their creative artistic skills with strong emotions to propose a theme of the nature through religion. Down below is an example of a symphony during the Romantic Period by composer Franz Schubert: http://eil.com/images/main/Franz+Schubert+-+Symphony+No.+8+'Unfinished'+%2F+Symphony+No.+4+'Italian'+-+LP+RECORD-537174.jpg
Arthur Gulledge
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I've been researching with my partner about the Ancient Roman period. This was during the years 800 B.C. to 200 A.D., when art was getting improved. The Romans ‘stole’ a lot from the Greeks, like how they got most of their ideas from them. The Romans went to Greece to spend time talking about philosophy, and the Romans based their philosophy on the Greeks. Their early philosophy was the Romans translating the Greek into Latin. This strategy was also in most of their art and work. Hero was an inventor who built many inventions. He created over 80 inventions that mostly used steam as the power source. Some of his inventions were a drinking fountain, a vending machine, and a self-filling wine goblet. He created them to help the public who most of them lived on the farms. The farms were the main economy of the empire. They could make money to buy armor, and slaves to work for them. They used many tools we still use today, like the ax, spade, sickle, scythe, saw, shear, and forks. One writer, named Livy wrote a 142 book series telling the history of Rome. He wrote from the beginning and foundation of Rome, up to 9 B.C. Here’s a newer picture of what Hero’s fountain would’ve looked like. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Heron's_Fountain.png/588px-Heron's_Fountain.png
Julia McMichael
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My stylistic period is Mannerism. It is hard to know the exact dates that Mannerism appeared because it overlaps with the High Renaissance art period and the Baroque art period. The style originated around the 16th century in Italy. The Mannerism period is known for having intellectual sophistication and artificial qualities. Such as elongated proportions and the lack of a clearer perspective. This can be seen in Parmigianino’s Madonna with the Long Neck which is a painting of the Virgin Mary holding a very large and un-proportional baby Jesus.
There are many famous and well-known artists during the Mannerism period. Artists such as: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo. In our presentation we are annotating the famous sculpture of David by Michelangelo. The sculpture of David was created from 1501-1504. It stands over 13’5 feet high, and is placed in the Galleria dell’ Academia in Florence, Italy. The statue used to be placed on top of a building. Which is the reason why he has larger sized hands compared to the rest of his body. So that looking up it would have a more realistic and proportional perspective. David is also nude which follows the Common Greek theme of a heroic male. Nude statues or paintings during this time period were considered to be symbol of strength and youthful human beauty.
Sarah Porter
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My group is researching the Italian Renaissance. The Renaissance, or "rebirth", was a transitional period between the Medieval and Early Modern European periods. It began in Italy in the later part of the 14th century and lasted through the 16th century. The Renaissance was, in many ways, a cultural and stylistic revival similar to that of ancient Greece and Rome. In architecture, proportion, similarity, and geometry were emphasized. Ordered columns on buildings replaced more complex and irregular structure characteristic of medieval architecture. Literature during the time of the Renaissance was characterized by a humanist/philosophical approach, as well the recovery of the classical literature of Antiquity. Notable writers during this period include Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machiavelli and Ariosto. Music of the Renaissance was of a great variation: there was a great deal of Catholic music, such as ‘chansons’, ‘masses’, and ‘motets’; however, there was also a lot of more secular, or non-religious, music emerging during this time. Renaissance artists utilized a great variety of theme in their works. Religious pieces were extremely common. Mythological and historical paintings were also popular, resulting from the rebirth of classical antiquity and Renaissance humanism. One criticism of this time period was that many Renaissance humanists favored the study of human-centered subjects, such as politics and history, as opposed to the study of natural philosophy or the application of theory. Overall, the Italian Renaissance was a time of advancements in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and so many other topics that we learn about and use today.
Ashley Barnett
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My group is studying the Rococo time period. This time period had a lot of extravagant details in both their clothing, and art. Everything had a very elaborate style with details but also was very elegant with its subjects in their painting and their color schemes. Because of this time periods obsession with flaunting their wealth in extravagant clothing and buildings this did eventually lead to the French revolution, because it created major class separation between the upper and lower class. However this time period was very beautiful and elegant and from looking at the art and clothing you can tell that every little detail is very precise. The Rococo style started in 18th century France and is largely based off of the Baroque style. The word Rococo comes from the word rocaille which refers to the shell and serpentine patterns it uses in architecture. The Rococo style was developed after the death of Louis XI. One of the main fashion ideals of the Rococo period was Madame Pompadour who was a mistress to the new King. Madame Pompadour was the leading figure in women’s fashion and she dresses in wide hoop skirts, tight corsets, pastel colors and lots of floral details in the dresses. In men’s fashion boys usually sported cropped pants that went to their knees, lace jabots, and billowy sleeves. There are five defining characteristics in Rococo art the first is the light-hearted depiction of domestic life in the upper class. The second being that the subjects of painting were often elegantly dresses aristocrats and play usually in a pastoral landscape. The third being that their art was filled with scenes of beauty, courting, romance, fun, and playfulness. The fourth was occasional mythological themes. And the fifth was their use of pastel colors and light shades.
Brandon Penoyer
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My stylistic period is Realism. As one would imagine, realism is portrayal of events as they could occur in real life. Realist artists rejected Romanticism, which dominated at the time the Realist movement began in the 19th century. Romanticism made things appear fantastic and glorified how things were, so Realists went with the exact opposite approach, and attempted to display the much less beautiful aspects of life. Their work was often viewed as a social critique of the world, as they often depicted images of poor workers toiling in less than optimal circumstances. However, realist works of art also had their own beauty to them, needing endless care to details to ensure they were truly accurate. The realist movement was very different than what many were used to in the world of art, but a much needed development.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/William_Bell_Scott_-_Iron_and_Coal.jpg/604px-William_Bell_Scott_-_Iron_and_Coal.jpg
Elena Wagar
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My group is studying the Romanesque. A popular art is the Romanesque Revival architecture.Romanesque Revival is also sometimes referred to as the Norman Style or Lombard style. Because of works published during the nineteenth century after variations of historic Romanesque that were developed by the Normans and Lombards. Romanesque Revival buildings tended to feature more simplified arches, semi-circular arches on windows, and belt courses. Revival Style was widely used for churches, and occasionally for synagogues. During the 19th century high churches and Anglo-Catholic, which were influenced by the Oxford Movement, were built in Gothic Revival architecture, low churches and broad churches of the period were often built in the Romanesque Revival style. An early variety of Romanesque revival style known as Rundbogenstil was popular in German lands and in the German diaspora beginning in the 1830s. Some famous artist were Henry Hobson Richardson, Claricia, Master Byzantios and Guda.
Mallori Lindberg
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My group is focusing on the Classical Greek Era. It's been interesting learning about the history and about how much their lives focused around the arts. There were some major eras including the Archaic, Hellenistic, and Classical Period. All of which were very unique and developed their own mediums of art. The Archaic began the process of sculpting by depicting mainly woman, with their arms crossed across their chest. The Classical period continued sculpting and combined sculptures with architecture, and created some very detailed buildings. One of the most famous structures in Greek history is the Parthenon, a temple made in honor of the goddess Athena. Phidias, a famous sculpture of Greek art history takes credit for the design of this structure. Following the Classical period was the Hellinistic period, where the sculptures became more detailed and depicted human figures. Sculptures became more advanced and improved their skills, by depicting humans as gods and goddesses. This era was a golden age. As each era occurred, the Greek Art continued to improve and depict Greek gods.In addition, the architecture of ancient Greece is very impressive. They were known for their temples, honoring a specific god or goddess. Their structures were primarily made of beams, all unique in design and signified the importance of the building. They also built several outdoor theaters seating hundreds of people on structures upon a hill.
Mimi Gerhardt, Period 4
ReplyDeleteMy group is researching the Italian Renaissance. This "rebirth" era began in the 1330's and was wrapped up in the 1550's. The Renaissance was after the Middle Ages, and was created by the idea of philosophy of humanism. This struck a large importance of individual achievements in many different fields, like literature, paintings, sculptures, music, and more. Seen from the full name, the Italian Renaissance started in Italy, primary being Florence, Milan, and Venice. This later was spread all throughout Europe. The most impressive feature of this time period was that it was a huge time for innovation for the arts. New techniques and styles were created during this era. Sculpture artists tried various different things to portray perspective better. Soon enough, various artists figured out a way to perfect the technique, building off of other artists' ideas. The highest point of the artistic creativity at this time was also known as the High Renaissance, where incredibly famous artists, like Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo, created their very well-known pieces. One of the very best known paintings is the Mona Lisa, Painted by Leonardo da Vinci, as seen in the link below.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Mona_Lisa.jpg
Riley Schroeder
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The time period that my group is working on is the Medieval times. The artwork from this time is amazing to learn about and all the styles are very visually appealing. Most of the works had a heavy religious influence which came across in most forms of media.The most impressive of the things to come out of this time to me are the cathedrals built. Due to churches having more money to spend, the cathedrals were built bigger, more intricate, and were much more prominent than they had been in the past. The arches, peaking towers, stained glass work, and murals are amazing and awesome to look at. So much care was put into making them as great as they are. Another form of art that amazed me was some of the books to come out of this time. I haven't read too much into the actual literature, but the books themselves were beautiful. Covers of books were sometimes covered in jewels, gems, precious metals like gold, and intricate designs which made them very appealing to look at. Then the insides of books would use illuminated manuscripts, which would make that first letter stand out so much. The other forms of art were still impressive, but based on my research so far the art seemed to be less human like than works from the Roman or Greek times. In Medieval sculptures and paintings the characters don't show too much emotion and are very solemn, and wear much clothing that covers almost all of their bodies. This is a huge contrast to works from the Greek times when the emphasis seemed to be on the human body and muscles, not people draped in robes. It still is impressive work, it just seems strange to have this change of almost going backwards rather than forward with technique. The works i have found up until this point have all been impressive, but as i said earlier i find the most amazing things to be the cathedrals, and specifically the Gothic cathedrals such as this one: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1377/904620963_c8bced662a_z.jpg?zz=1
Chris Root
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I am still really fascinated and engaged in the Rococo art project. I have learned so much about what the art is about. I learned that it is characterized by soft colors and curvy lines, and depicts scenes of love, nature, amorous encounters, light-hearted entertainment, and youth. The word “rococo” derives from rocaille, which is French for rubble or rock. Rocaille refers to the shell-work in garden grottoes and is used as a descriptive word for the serpentine patterns seen in the Decorative Arts of the Rococo period. The art is so intricate with its curvy, bold textures. This 'new' Rococo style is characterized by its asymmetry, graceful curves, elegance, and the delightful new paintings of daily life and courtly love, which decorated the walls within these spaces. It is used it paintings, architecture, gardening, interior design, and more. Its a truly beautiful art, and deserves a lot of respect and recognition.
Mack Ohnemus
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My group is doing our art history project on the Mannerism period. The time period of Mannerism is very difficult to define as it overlaps with the High Renaissance and Baroque time periods. The loose timings would be from 1520-1580. Mannerism began in Italy in the early 16th century, but spread throughout Europe.
In Mannerism Architecture, old forms, such as the Renaissance forms, are rejected. There are rich, golden, silver inlays. It is also overwrought, meaning it is very elaborate and scattered with what has been done. Being overwrought, buildings have a much more lively and overuse of color and form than in the Renaissance. The beauty of a single part is more important than the beauty of the whole. This path is inevitable for the evolution of any form of artistic style, but the greatest of his artistic achievements of the Renaissance created and mannerism outstanding. An example of Mannerism is:
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hst/manneris/te6.html
I am learning quite a lot about Rococo. I had never even heard of this time period before we received this subject. I have loved looking at all the pictures of the artwork and fashion of this time period. Rococo has many different characteristics. Some of them are light, playful, elegant charming style. There are also curvy forms and dainty figures in many paintings and sculptures. Most of the art is done in pastel colors. I have come across many paintings of elegantly dressed aristocrats at play. Another popular subject is romance. Many paintings involve some sexual symbol and playfulness. Some of the most interesting have been the paintings of the mythological creatures and themes. It has also been fun looking at the fashion style during that time. All of the dresses and hats are so fancy and detailed. Many of the clothing pieces of both the men and women I had seen before but didn't know where they came from. I was also able to find some pictures about Rococo fashion today. It involved many of the same details but not so grand. Overall learning about Rococo has been very interesting!
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ReplyDeleteI liked the play Much Ado About Nothing very much. And I personally thought that it was a lot better than the opera Daughter of the Regiment. In Much Ado About Nothing, the time period was moved to the 20th centaury. This change made more sense and went with the story line a little better than the opera. I thought that it was interesting that they incorporated songs written by Shakespeare. They even wrote the music along with these songs. It’s funny that even though those songs were written hundreds of years ago and it can sound like a song you hear today with the right instruments. The actual play also made more sense to see it being acted out. The characters Benedick and Beatrice made a lot more sense to actually see their personalities. The scene where Benedick was eavesdropping on Claudio, Don Pedro and Leonato was really funny. The actor even went as far as getting drenched with water. I thought that this was the funniest scene of the play. It was kind of cool to be in such a small theater. You are so close to the stage and the actors run throughout the audience. Although I do like A Servant Of Two Masters the best out of the three performances we have seen so far.
Alison Mowry
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My stylistic period is Medieval art. Medieval art consists of manuscripts, mosaics, architecture, paintings, stained glass, and metal work. Medieval art can be divided into multiple different styles such as early Christian art, Byzantine art, Romanesque art, architecture, literature and philosophy. Most of medieval art is based strongly on religion and religious beliefs. For example, Early Christian art, which was prominent at the end of the second century, and beginning of the third century, consisted of a lot of religious scenes. Early Christian art was developed based on important role images of Greco-Roman culture. Early Christian art media included mosaics, sculptures, manuscripts, and fresco. However, graven images were prohibited by the old testament resulting in some controversial pieces. One of the greatest achievements of medieval art is the Byzantine monumental church mosaics. They were created in the 12th century, and are from Monreale in Sicily. After seeing images of the Byzantine monumental church mosaics, I did further research and found that most people who visit these types of monuments said that it took quite a bit of time for them to wrap their heads around something so magnificent. After reading multiple personal accounts and how people reacted to the art that they saw, it made me realize that although we've advanced so far in technology (computers, cell phones, internet, etc,), what we've advanced in isn't nearly as breath taking or artistically valuable than what was created in the medieval time period.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Monreale_BW_2012-10-09_09-52-40.jpg/399px-Monreale_BW_2012-10-09_09-52-40.jpg
Ashley Glinn
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My artistic period is the Northern Renaissance. At the beginning of this time period, the Roman Catholic Church was finally starting to decline in power as fuedalism was declining as well, and the church was losing control over the population. By the 15th century, more secular institutions and beliefs began to arise instead and one of the main beliefs,humanism, became the philosphical underlay for the Renaissance music, art, and literature in this time period. The movement spread rapidly throughout northern Europe as the invention of the printing press was created in the same time period. New ideas and scientific research as well as major literature such as the Bible became available in various languages and therefore contributed to the spread of the Protestant Reformation across northern Europe. The northern renaissance became known as the Age of Discovery as the invention of the caravel allowed to begin trade between northern Europe to Africa, Asia and in the Americas as well, who were then able to begin colonization. The caravel switched the trading crossroads to go from northern Italy to northern Europe where England, France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Portugal now had the most power and wealth.The art style of the northern renaissance was influenced by mannerism, landscape and genre themed styles. The art is highly detailed and colorful, with a gothic twist as well. One of the most interesting paintings of the time period that I found is by Jan van Eyck, called the, "Arnolfini Portrait" seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Eyck_-_Arnolfini_Portrait.jpg.
Arezu Abdollmohammadi
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My topic for the art history project is Realism. After doing research in the library the past week I have learned a lot more about Realism. There were various artist from various countries. Thomas Eakins was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and educator in the fine arts. Jean-Francois Millet was a French painter who is famous for his painting, The Man with a Hoe. Gustave Courbet was also a French painter who was the leader of Realism in France. What all these three artist have in common is that they all portrayed the tough lifestyle of peasants and the hard working life of the poor. They did not make life seem glamourous when it was not. They showed the ordinary daily life, even if it was ugly. These artist painted the truth of life in the late 19th-20th century. Not only did artist in this movement make an impact, but so did others. Honore de Balzac was the founder of realism in European literature. His most famous piece of work was Comedie Humaine, which means The Human Comedy. Im still doing research to find out about the architecture and famous sculptors from back then. But so far this time period is very interesting and I love the fact that this time is based on redefining reality and criticizing social conditions.
This is a painting by Jean-Francois Millet called A Farmer's Wife Sweeping in 1867. http://hoocher.com/Jean_Francois_Millet/A_Farmer-s_Wife_Sweeping,_1867.jpg
Abbey Folsom
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My art history period is Baroque. Baroque brought together sculpture, architecture, and painting in order to affect the emotions of the spectator. Baroque means a pearl of irregular shape. Ovals were preferred over circles because ovals had more movement. Johann Balthasar Neumann blended rococo and baroque. He included sweeping vistas in his architecture along with magnificent staircases. In one of his staircases in Vast Episcopal Palace he included a central staircase that turned 180 degrees and returns in two flights. Gianlorenzo Bernini is one of the sculptures of the baroque period. He didn't like the absence of color used in sculptures so later on he added colored marbles, bronze and gilded wood to achieve the effect he wanted. He was the interior designer of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In St. Peter's he created a grand gilt-bronze baldachin above the high alter which took him 10 years to complete. It had vine-covered spiral columns, bronze banners and an airy canopy. He also worked on the Fountains of the Four Rivers in Rome. There were 4 streams, guarded by an appropriate mythological figure, that flowed from a raised hollowed out rock. Although the art of the baroque period was magnificent it never found great favor in Northern Europe.
Lily Kristjanson
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My group has been researching the Northern Renaissance. The Northern Renaissance applies solely to European countries North of Italy. The spread of the Northern Renaissance influenced other, lower, European counties to have movements as well. The rise of the Northern Renaissance was one of the outcomes of the decline of Feudalism, which had previously dominated all of Europe. With this decline, a gateway was open for social, cultural and economic changes. The weakening of the Roman Catholic Church also benefited the Northern Renaissance. Artistic expression and interpretation was the bases of the Northern Renaissance. The new forms of expression that was being embraced, would have been banned by the church in years previous. The invention of the printing press also allowed for the spread of the Northern Renaissance to be so dramatic. Much of the art from the Northern Renaissance was influenced by realism. Artist such as Albrecht Dürer showed strong Gothic influences as well. As this Renaissance spread through Northern Europe, countries began to change artistic styles, adapting them to local customs. An example would be the fading away of religious paintings in both England and the Netherlands due to the Northern renaissance.
Kate Matthews P3
ReplyDeleteMy period is realism. So far I've been focusing on the non-visual aspects: literature, theatre, and opera. Realism was basically the rejection of romanticism, which was the idealist version of life portrayed in art. That said, realism was very detail-oriented and accurate. Imperfections were not ignored. The subject matter in not only paintings but in literature and theatre as well was focused on the everyday, middle and lower class goings-on. In opera, composers like Puccini strived to bring the naturalism of authors Emile Zola and Henrik Ibsen for example to their stories. Speaking of Ibsen, he was a very influential Norwegian author/playwright. His A Doll's House is an icon of realism. Realist theatre stresses the power of the individual to choose. The psychological realism of Tolstoy and Aleksey Pisemsky is a major focus on the characterization and inner workings of the characters. Even though I've been focusing on the non-visual, here's an example of a realist painting by Millet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Millet_-_Gleaners_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Jace Brandmeier
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My group is studying the Northern Renaissance. The Northern Renaissance was basically a mix of several different types of cultures. This Excludes Italy and any other countries around there. The Northern Renaissance had great influence from Italy, but had its own unique style. The Northern Renaissance included paintings that incorporated realistic scenes, and high detail. The printing industry was revolutionized by increased production. This made books and pamphlets much cheaper and available to more folks. The theater world was influenced by Protestantism. It was largely regulated by the monarchy. It was influenced by Shakespeare, and included scenes of comedy, tragedy, and history, as well as good versus evil. Single actors would play multiple rolls. The architecture was mostly Gothic influenced. The buildings were built with many arches and domes. They tried to emphasize geometry, symmetry, and proportion. Most of the art during the Northern Renaissance was religiously based.
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Sean Rankin
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My group has been studying the art history of the Roman time period. While not a lot of the artists names have been preserved there is still a lot of artwork left from that time. Romans borrowed a lot of the same techniques and styles of the greek time period. They were the first to use archs in architecture which created some really beautiful structures like the colosseum. They were also the first civilization to figure out how to use domes on buildings which also look really beautiful. Most of the architecture was made of concrete because it was a cheap material that was easy to use. They covered the outside with precious stones and marble or plaster to make it look very ornate. Another part of the artwork is the sculptures some of them are super realistic and show the "ideal" body. They used both marble and bronze to make sculptures which you can see because they each have distinct colors to them. Not many as many paintings survived but the ones that I have seen have been still life's and really awesome looking landscapes. They have more prospective but everything still seems a little odd when looking at most pictures.
Here is an example of all the arch's used in building a bridge.
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Byron Murray
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The period of art history that I am studying is the Northern Renaissance. The Northern Renaissance occurred during the same time of the Italian Renaissance but instead took place in the northern countries in Europe. A characteristic of the Northern Renaissance is that they used and perfected the style of painting with oil paint. Also in the Northern Renaissance they decided to keep with the Gothic art style and incorporate it into what they are doing. Some historians claim that the period should be called the “late Gothic”. In the Italian Renaissance they decided to completely break with Gothic art and focus more classical art from ancient Greece and Rome. The Northern Renaissance was also known for its obsession with detail that is shown in all of the paintings. The paintings were ultra-realistic and the people portrayed were often un idealized and looked pale and thin. Symbolism also played a large role in painting during the Northern Renaissance and many paintings showed symbolism of objects. Greek & Hebrew texts in the bible provided inspirations for the artists of the time period. Typically during the Northern Renaissance they painted religious scenes, domestic interiors, and portraits.
My group is studying the Classical Greek period! This was an era filled with paintings, sculptures and many other beautiful forms of art. Ancient Greek is the form of Greek that was used during the periods of time spanning from the 5th through 4th century BC, this was known as the Hellenic period. The middle of the fifth century B.C. is often referred to as the Golden Age of Greece, particularly of Athens. Significant achievements were made in vase painting especially. Most recognizable, the red-figure technique superseded the black-figure technique, and with that, many improvements were made in portraying the human body, clothed or naked, at rest or in motion. The work of the vase painters such as Douris, Makron, Kleophrades, and the Berlin Painter, are good examples of this art technique! I have included a picture of a vase that was painted by Douris.
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Joshua Scheck
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A couple things I learned about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were that it was an organization formed by various artist. Firstly, the Brotherhood was formed between three painters who were the students of the Royal Academy of Arts. The three painters were John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. As time progressed more artist joined until the group had seven members. The members weren’t limited to painters since some the later members were also poets and critics. The group was founded on the belief to reform art by rejecting an approach referred to as the mechanist approach which was first adopted by Mannerist artist who had succeeded Raphael and Michelangelo. They believed that the classical poses and elegant compositions of Raphael had a corrupting influence on the academic teaching of art. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s art were influenced greatly by nature and would use several techniques such as sharp focus and brightness in order to show greater detail of nature. The Brotherhood also sought to revive the brilliance of color found in Quattrocento art. Which they attempted to do by painting thin glazes of pigment over a wet white ground so that the colors would retain a jewel-like transparency and clarity. The group also was influenced highly by medieval culture. A reason why was because they believed it was a time of great spirituality and creativity. They believed that this sense of creativity and spirituality were lost over time and they sought to revive it. The Brotherhood did have a few essential doctrines but they mainly advocated personal responsibility and freedoms. The piece linked below is one of the most controversial pieces of the Raphaelite era. http://socialactive.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/christ_in_house_of_his_parents_millais.jpg
My group is doing the Gothic period for our art history project. I am actually really enjoying working on this project. Its very interesting to me because when most people think about gothic they think about someone wearing all black. And thats really it. But in this time period its really interesting. The art is different than anything i have ever seen. It has some pictures where peoples heads are detatched from their bodies. And thats not really something thats very common at all. It was a really long period too. People used this kind of art for literally centutries. It was so beautiful. And it was so creative. I don't understand how people could have ever overlooked this period of art. I wish I had learned more about it before this project.
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Katie Daniels
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My group is studying the significance of Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood. It all started when teachers from the Royal Academy of Art, banned certain painting techniques, and had rules in how art must be done. The Brotherhood started with three original men, who then turned into a group of seven. Each of these men were rather an english painter, poet, or critic, and would not take no for an answer on how their art was to be done. Founded in 1848,The group's intention was to reform art by rejecting what it considered the mechanistic approach first adopted by Mannerist artists who succeeded Raphael and Michelangelo. Its members believed the Classical poses and elegant compositions of Raphael in particular had been a corrupting influence on the academic teaching of art. The group continued to accept the concepts of history painting and imitation of nature, as central to the purpose of art. The Pre-Raphaelites defined themselves as a reform movement, and created a distinct name for their form of art. Influenced by Romanticism, the members thought freedom and responsibility were inseparable. Nevertheless, they were particularly fascinated by medieval culture, believing it to possess a spiritual and creative integrity that had been lost in later eras. The paintings made by these men, were very rich in symbolism, and very detailed. The royal academy which they denied influence by, had said that light must come from a certain spot in a painting, however in the PRB's paintings that have all equal light. I was very surprised at how beautiful the art work had turned out, when in that era, these men were breaking all the rules of art. They brought significance to a new level, and showed their way of expression through art and poetry themselves.
I still haven't seen Much Ado About Nothing so I am going to write again about the Romantic period. Since I am a musician, I will talk about music during this period. I have been classically trained and romantic music has always been my favorite to play because it allows me to express myself emotionally through playing. Classical and baroque music was much more structured and allowed for less expression. Romantice music is more curious, seeking out new things and adventure that hadn't been experimented in music before. Classical music beforehand was much more conservative regarding creativity and was much more mathmatically balanced. Commonly seen in romantic music is rhythms are played that are slightly off balance, but always end up together in the end. Mathmatically speaking, that is like playing 17 notes in the right hand against 5 notes in the left hand, and having to keep all those notes together within a few counts. That doesn't seem balanced compared to classical, which is more like 8 notes in the right hand against 2 notes in the left. That is much more balanced. Romantic music will always be my favorite style of piano to play because my heart is with Chopin.
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I am going to write about Much Ado About Something since I didn't do my blog last week. I thought that the stage was really cool with all the different props they had. All of the actors where really energetic and interesting to listen to. I also liked how this was in English so I could know what was going on. I liked how they made everything so much like how it was back then. It was interesting to see how they dressed and what everything would look like. It was really cool to see the play acted out after reading it. It showed the differences and similarities from the writing to the play. I thought this play was a lot better then the Daughter of the Regiment. It was easier to follow. Also, it was a lot more funny then the Daughter of the Regiment. Overall, the play wasn't to bad and I wouldn't mind going to another play like this one.
Sophea Thach
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My partner and I are doing realism for our project. This time period was from 1850-1910. Realism was a period that focused mostly on everyday realistic things that people do. For example, there are paintings of people working in the field. Or of people smoking and drinking. Realism is showing like, what people do everyday. Realists rejected the idea of romanticizing and romanticizing things. Realism revolted against over exaggerating emotion in things and the drama of the romantic movement. Realism showed truth and accuracy and real people, problems, and situations. Realistic then started to grow with the idea of photography. It produced representations that look real. I like this time period just because it's real. Realism works to show the truth in life.
Picture: http://dionspage.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/750px-millet_gleaners.jpg
Grace Nelson
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My group is studying the Northern Renaissance. When looking through the books in the library pertaining to this subject I was pleased to have found images from this era that I had recognized. These pieces included Albrecht Dürer’s self-portrait http://totallyhistory.com/albrecht-durer/ and the Wedding Portrait http://worldhistorypatterson.wikispaces.com/Northern+Renaissance. The Northern Renaissance occurred during the 15th century, north of Italy. It was most prominent in France, Netherlands, Germany, and England. Northern Renaissance developed a new style of art while still embracing the Gothic techniques. was Many of the topics brought up in this era were technology, science, architecture, dance, fine arts, literature, music, warfare, and philosophy. Although the Northern artists were more concerned with the looks of their art than the message. Northern artists were more interested in color and detail. It is called the age of discovery. Famous artists from this time include Jan Van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes, and perhaps the most famous of this time Albrecht Dürer. Political and religious aspects plated a strong part in artist’s inspiration. The big difference between Italian Renaissance and Northern Renaissance was the Northern artists rejected Greek and Roman influences. Also, the Northern artists focused more on domestic scenes, satire, and philosophical themes. Italian artists became infatuated by northern artists in this era because of the new techniques that the North had establish, like oil painting for example. I am still learning about this great art era and I can’t wait to learn more!
Laney McFarland
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My group is working on the romantic period. I have learned it was a movement that began partly out of spite for the industrial revolution in the end of the eighteen hundreds. The art, music and literature has a very wide variety of inspirations. A big one being realization of nature, Thomas Cole a painter during the period really shows this in his 4 series oil painting called The Course Of The Empire. Part 1, The Savage State, portrays nature in its wildest form even the humans are wild and one with the environment. Part 2, 3 and 4 show how humans evolve and civilize and how the environment ends up getting over run. In the end natural disaster strikes and the humans start over at the bottom again. I love all the different elements of human emotion, excitement and the love for nature! Not only did the visual arts flourish but the music evolved! some of the greatest composers ever to live, like Tchaikovsky and Strauss.
Bryia Madison
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My era in the art history project is Roman. So far, I have researched the architecture, painting, fashion and literature. I have learned that the Roman perfected the arch with the "keystone" and the material that they make the arches out of. This style progressed into domes. These styles were produced all over Rome and can be seen in the Colosseum and the numerous aqueducts found in and around the city. Painting was interesting because the Romans took a lot of Greek's style when it came to art but instead of making sculptures of the "ideal" person, they created sculptures of real people. Once Christianity hit, the Romans stopped focusing on earthly subjects and moved onto the heavens. Fashion also described not only social class but age and gender. Based off of gender and age, the Romans wore different colors and had different style of togas and stolas. Literature was also very interesting because it spoke of tales and also early findings of science.
Here is an example of Romans switching to more fantasy based paintings:
http://www.oneonta.edu/faculty/farberas/arth/Images/109images/early_christian/sta_pudenziana_apse.jpg
Much Ado about nothing was the first of Shakespeare's plays that I have seen. Although some parts of the play seemed a little off, I thought the set design made up for the rest. I was really impressed with how they were able to incorporate the same set with the entire story and still make it interesting. Not once did I become bored with the design! They used every part of the set which was really fun to watch. The use of the candles in the water and the guy falling off the dock into the water was also very unique. I really liked the fact that the play was more modern than the Daughter of the Regiment was. It was easier to understand and relate with. However, the dialogue was not modern and I feel the play would have been better if it was. At times I felt like the dialogue didn't fit the play as well as it could have. Although the play was a little odd at times, I still enjoyed the comical characters and would happily attend another one of Shakespeare's plays.
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My partner and I have been researching the medieval art era. The medieval era is very interesting mostly because it is so broad and happened over such a vast period of time, in multiple continents. The medieval era was heavily influenced by religion, although later on in the era it veered away from this. One of the styles of this era that I have been doing a lot of research on is Byzantine. Byzantine art was eastern roman and centered in Constantinople. It lasted until the European Renaissance of 1453, but its influence continued on and influenced other eras and states culturally. Byzantine focused on the needs of the church and the forms were mosaics, frescoes, stained glass, etc. Basically the decoration of the churches. I find Byzantine art very interesting and beautiful. It features portraits mostly, and they are done in a range of mediums such as mosaic.
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Michael Stiles
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My group did our project on the Italian Renaissance. In my group were very surprised how amazing the artwork is in this time period. famous artists include leonardo de vinci and Michelangelo. I find the works of de vinci very interesting, my partner Mano actually told me that de vinci was fascinated by the human body and did many disections of people. One of his most famous artworks include The last Supper and the Mona Lisa. In the last supper it reflects the last meal that jesus eat with his disciples before his capture and his death. In the mona lisa we see a portrait of a young lady who is smiling, we dont exactly know the nature of the smile since the smile and and the area around the smile is shadowed to not reveail the nature of the smile. De vinci did many notes and small sketches of the human body his most famous being Vitruvian man, In this it shows a man and its porportions of the rest of the body. I am very excited to do this project on the italian renaissance and I know we will succed in our presentation.
My group is doing the neoclassical period. Neoclassicism is a revival of the styles and spirit of classic antiquity inspired directly from the classical period, which coincided and reflected the developments in philosophy and other areas of the Age of Enlightenment, and was initially a reaction against the excesses of the preceding Rococo style. While the movement is often described as the opposed counterpart of Romanticism, this is a great over-simplification that tends not to be sustainable when specific artists or works are considered, the case of the supposed main champion of late Neoclassicism, Ingres, demonstrating this especially well. The revival can be traced to the establishment of formal archaeology. The writings of Johann Joachim Winckelmann were important in shaping this movement in both architecture and the visual arts. His books, Thoughts on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture and Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums were the first to distinguish sharply between Ancient Greek and Roman art, and define periods within Greek art, tracing a trajectory from growth to maturity and then imitation or decadence that continues to have influence to the present day. Winckelmann believed that art should aim at noble simplicity and calm grandeur and praised the idealism of Greek art, in which he said we find: "not only nature at its most beautiful but also something beyond nature, namely certain ideal forms of its beauty, which, as an ancient interpreter of Plato teaches us, come from images created by the mind alone. The theory was very far from new in Western art, but his emphasis on close copying of Greek models was the only way for us to become great or, if this be possible, inimitable, is to imitate the ancients.
ReplyDeleteMy group has the neoclassical period. It happened primarily in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. It has much to do about the 18th century enlightenment period.
ReplyDeleteNeoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome. An interesting fact about neoclassicism is that most of the artists actually lived much longer than that of any other era. Most living past 80 years old!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Psyche_revived_Louvre_MR1777.jpg
Maiah Swigert
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The period that my group and I are researching is Mannerism.
Mannerism began in Italy in the sixteenth century, but it spread elsewhere all throughout Europe. The Mannerist period is said to be around 1520-1580, in between the High Renaissance period and the Baroque era. Mannerism is known for its intellectual sophistication and artificial qualities. Mannerist paintings and architecture is extremely detailed. In the architecture there is a lot of gold and silver inlaying in the designs. As far as the fashion goes, during the Mannerist period the fashion was very intricate and high-end (for the time) meaning corsets, petticoats, Farthingale skirts, and pansied slops.
Desirae Lopes
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My Art history project is about the Baroque period. It consists mainly of paintings and sculptures. Architecture was not a focus. Paintings are of people and flowers for the most part. They have dark colors and sad complexions. The people are depicted realistically and sometimes in pain. The flowers are dull and lifeless. The literature was mostly poems, plays and stories. The topics were about deep subjects. For example, Shakespeare wrote plays about love and tyranny. The sculptures have many lines and unseen vortexes that effect movement. Also, they are mostly of more than one person. The music is a lot of orchestra with complementing singing. I am not done learning about this and am looking forward to learning more about other time periods.
My group is doing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This was a group of 7 artists that formed a secret society that wanted to change the style of British art. The revolutions of 1848 created social change in Britain. Most of the artists were colleagues at the Royal Academy of Art. They disliked only doing contemporary art and sought to do a different style of art. They decided to emulate the art of the late medieval and early renaissance period. Their art is characterized by a lot of detail and bright colors. The artists were Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, James Collinson, William Michael Rossetti, Frederic George Stephens and Thomas Woolner. They strive to change how the style of art was in Britain and their art showed this. http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=pre+raphaelite+brotherhood+art&source=images&cd=&docid=cGMt-_ooHLm6CM&tbnid=cD1ijdazbfeo9M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Finhyndsight.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F06%2F24%2Fthe-pre-raphaelite-spell%2F&ei=2-d3UsnhM8TQiwL8roCoBw&bvm=bv.55819444,d.cGE&psig=AFQjCNFs_MUzHE6JECGBM6L3aHT2iLthGw&ust=1383676226616685
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Over the course of a week, my knowledge on the rebirth of the Italian arts and sciences (The Italian Renaissance), has dramatically increased. This is quite surprising, because I thought that I knew most everything about this era, but apparently there are many things waiting for me to find and explore. I did an in-depth study on Leonardo Da Vinci's Manuscripts.
Its just fascinating how advanced he was compared to everyone else in the 15 century. He had a full understanding of almost every muscle in the human body and he knew the full anatomy of a human being. There is no record of anyone who discovered these before Leonardo. He was able to do most of these experiments and anatomy manuscripts, because both Lorenzo de' Medici (Ruler of the Florentine Republic) and Rodrigo Borgia (Head of the Catholic Church) provided him with the funds and the bodies to do so.
He was also one of the first engineers. We have evidence of this from some of his early sketches and designs that he tried to design a flying machine; hundreds of years before the first airplane was invented.
Not only was he an anatomist and an engineer, but he was also an artist. Some of his paintings are the most popular paintings of our time. These paintings include The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Virgin of the Rocks, and the Vitruvian Man.
During the renaissance era the art style changed dramatically. The focus of paintings changed from beautiful landscapes to people. Most of these people were religious figures like Jesus, or the Virgin Mary. The change of style brought on a more individualistic view on life. Which changed society for the better and created the world we live in today.
So as Alex stated in the previous blog we are doing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. They were a group of 7 official members that then had a lot of associates. Their hopes were to go back to the time before Raphael. The first three met and started working together at the Royal Academy of Art. The founders were William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Slowly they were joined by William Michael Rossetti, James Collinson, Frederic George Stephens and Thomas Woolner. They broke up after a few years and began to d otheir own things. An example of their artwork is reflected in this painting.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti_-_Proserpine.JPG
ReplyDeleteOur group is creating a presentation centered around Ancient Greece. There are four main time periods in the Ancient Grecian era. Each time period advances both philosophically and technologically and it is evident in the art of each period. In the Early Bronze Age, the art is mostly sculptures. The main colors are red, black and brown. In the Archaic age, we see the rise of the polis (city-states). We also see the beginnings of classical art, theater and philosophy. The Classical Ages, what most people think of when they think of Ancient Greece. This is the age of Aristotle and his philosophies. Most of Western civilization;s governments is based off of the ideas in the Classical Age. The Hellenistic Age was defined as the the fall of the Grecian empire as the Romans acquired it. All in all, we have a great presentation for ya'll and you will be able to see that the ideas from Ancient Greece transcend through history and into today.
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I am still really fascinated and engaged in the Rococo art project. I have learned so much about what the art is about. I learned that it is characterized by soft colors and curvy lines, and depicts scenes of love, nature, amorous encounters, light-hearted entertainment, and youth. The word “rococo” derives from rocaille, which is French for rubble or rock. Rocaille refers to the shell-work in garden grottoes and is used as a descriptive word for the serpentine patterns seen in the Decorative Arts of the Rococo period. The art is so intricate with its curvy, bold textures. This 'new' Rococo style is characterized by its asymmetry, graceful curves, elegance, and the delightful new paintings of daily life and courtly love, which decorated the walls within these spaces. It is used it paintings, architecture, gardening, interior design, and more. Its a truly beautiful art, and deserves a lot of respect and recognition.
Campbell Gunnell
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for my artist project i am doing the Romanesque era. it is an interesting period because i had never heard of it before i started the project. something kind of cool about it is that there is very few paintings in this form of art, most of the works are examples of architecture and other 3D things like sculptures. stained glass is also popular along with murals and ceiling art. churches are the best example of most Romanesque buildings. Romanesque churches were very popular in many parts of Europe after the the fall of Rome. many murals depicted religious scenes contrary to Roman belief. tall arches are characteristic of the Romanesque era.
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesque_architecture
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Our group is researching Mannerism. It is pretty interesting. Mannerism is defined as an artistic idea that distorts scale and perspective. It is rather interesting, because Mannerism favors instability in a painting. For example, many of the paintings have strange looks to them. In one painting in particular, the shapes and bodies of the people in the painting are very elongated and stretched, giving the art a slender, almost creepy feel to it.
http://www.google.com/search?q=mannerism+painting&safe=strict&client=firefox-a&hs=Ck7&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=0zp5UuDQJoeXiQK-9IHAAg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=883#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=acavjAKWrSto9M%3A%3B8pUTTXISs9YhHM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fupload.wikimedia.org%252Fwikipedia%252Fcommons%252F8%252F89%252FParmigianino_003b.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.wikipedia.org%252Fwiki%252FMannerism%3B930%3B1507
As one can see, the picture is very flowing and beautiful, but has a very strange look to it.
Mannerism paintings also include a bunch of naked people.
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This picture was interesting, because the colors are rather off and fuzzy. The faces all have a melodramatic feel to them.
Many historians have debated throughout time about the pure definition of Mannerism. Thus, the most simple of definitions is to say, that it is a unique style of art.
Joey Keating
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My group is researching the Mannerism. Mannerism was very closely linked to the Enlightenment Period. This period was the time in which people began to challenge faith and long time understandment. The most famous speaker of this period was John Locke. Mannerism has much to do with art and architecture. It's art forms very also very common at this time. Mannerism means exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior. Michelangelo was a very famous pilaster artist that was very popular. He had many followers throughout his career.
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This is a picture of him with his mother.
Much of his art followed the ideas of the Enlightenment period.
Mannerism was such a big deal at the time because it was so closely linked to the Enlightenment Period.
Kristina Lebakken
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My partner and I have the topic of Ancient Greek. So far on the research that we have done I find it to be pretty interesting. The art we have looked at is amazing, the statues that they sculpted by hand are amazing. Here is website we used that show the different styles of statues.
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Sculpture/
The can see the extreme detail of the tendons and muscles of the person. It looks so real and life like.
The architecture is also really interesting. The three types of columns are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. Here is an example of the three types.
http://bhousedesain.com/house-design/revival-of-ancient-greek-house-architecture-and-design.html/attachment/revival-of-ancient-greek-house-architecture1
Corinthian is the most detailed and are very elaborate. Ionic is more thin and more elegant. Doric is the most simple.
Austin Stenberg
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In my group we are researching Mannerism. The definition of Mannerism is exaggerated style or habit of a person or object. You can see many of this through some periods in ancient grease. This also directly relates to the enlightenment period. When many people are learning there are more ways than just religion. People started to experiment with the different ways by as we put it "being creative". This was seen as sinful for a while then it was looked upon as creative and different. This being different was a new term to people that was not fully accepted in the early ancient communities. The most common for of mannerism is in paintings and through their architecture in buildings. The paintings were of unfamiliar objects and shapes that nobody could tell what they were. The buildings, that some still stand today show their new development of this new art form have pilasters and paintings that show their differences from the "normal" forms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Miko%C5%82aj_Przyby%C5%82a%60s_house_attic_in_Kazimierz_Dolny_in_Poland.JPG
As seen in this picture of then pilasters their is also artwork imbedded between them that also adds to the uniqueness of the buildings.
Payton Tirrell
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I really enjoyed the performance of Much Ado About Nothing that we saw in November. It has been awhile since we saw it obviously but from what I remember it was really enjoyable. They did a lot of cool things. The performance was really fun too watch and it kind of felt like you were watching the events unfold in person and not like you were watching a play. I enjoy the plays that are comedies. Espepcially the ones that have more modern humor. Which this one showed glimpses of. There were a couple jokes that I got and laughed at and then there were ones that I didn't understand at all. That is not the fault of the perfomers and the company but my fault for not knowing more about comedies that were written at this time. I think from watching more comedies from this time period I will start to understand the humor more. I think doing this will make the plays that much better and I believe I will really enjoy them. The thing I really liked about the play and was easy to notice was the fact that they followed the script exactly. Unlike the servent of two masters where they deviated a lot. I think this was a really good choice for them and made the play really good.